India

A brief background

• 1.3 billion people (2015)
• 48.5% = women
• 51.5% = men
• 2nd most populated country in the world

Gender inequality

• Gender Inequality Index (2010)
• A measure of how unequal society is towards women & men
• A low number (1-10) is excellent
• a high number (100-150) is horrible
• 187 countries

Gender inequality

• India = 134 (out of 187)
• limited career options
• limited access to health care
• limited access to education
• not paid the same as men
• physically & emotionally abused

The current horror

• 16 December, 2012
• 23-year old university student & her male friend
• after watching a movie, got on a bus
• 6 men (including driver) on the bus

The current horror

• 5 men beat the male friend, gagged him & knocked him unconscious with a metal bar
• The 23-year old woman, Jyoti Singh, was repeatedly raped and beaten
• Eventually they were both thrown off the moving bus

The current horror

• The man survived, but...
• Jyoti stayed in hospital for 13 days
• She was flown to Singapore for emergency care
• She died in Singapore on 29 December

The result

• Massive protests around India and the world
• It put these issues of violence against women in the spotlight
• India now has stricter laws and consequences for people who are guilty of these crimes

And the 6 men?

• 1 has 10 years in jail
• 1 committed suicide in jail
• 4 were given the death penalty

Something to think about

every 2 minutes, a woman is a victim of a crime in India

a woman is raped every 15 minutes in India

and keep in mind, the majority of these crimes are unreported

India is recently considered a new star in the world

...but with news like this, the rest of the world needs to speak up

References

• wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape#Justice_Verma_Committee_and_changes...
• wikigender.org/wiki/women-and-men-in-india-2012/
• http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/25/what-s-really-behind-india...
• nytimes.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sunday/in-india-womens-issues-are-finally-ou...